Data deposit is supported for University of Ottawa faculty, students, and affiliated researchers for deposit to uOttawa Dataverse. uOttawa Dataverse is the local instance of Borealis, a multidisciplinary and secure research data repository hosted on Canadian servers. It includes features such as permanent links (DOIs) which encourage citation of your dataset and help you set terms for access and reuse of your data. uOttawa Dataverse is currently optimal for small to medium datasets.
What we offer
- Guidance on the deposit process and the preparation of the dataset for deposit according to deposit guidelines
- Creation of sub-dataverses (or sub-collections) with specialized editing permissions assigned to different project members
- Review of deposited datasets for compliance with best practices and publication if compliant
- Workshops on preparing and depositing data in uOttawa Dataverse
What we do not offer
- Creation of metadata (ReadMe files, data dictionaries, code books, catalogue metadata)
- Review of data for scientific quality
- Data cleaning
- File conversions
- Data anonymization or de-identification
- Fully mediated data deposit
